Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres
Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti
Catalogue Entry
1927.21
Barco metafísico
1927
Oil on canvas
17 3/4 x 23 13/16 in. (45 x 60.5 cm)
Signed lower left: J. Torres-GARCIA; dated lower right: 27
Provenance
Private collection, Paris
Private collection, Montevideo
Private collection, Buenos Aires
Exhibitions
Galería Guillermo de Osma, Madrid, Barradas - Torres-García, November 14–December 18, 1991, no. 20, ill., p. 55.
Galería Palatina, Buenos Aires, Joaquín Torres-García, (1874-1949): Pinturas, dibujos, construcciones y juguetes, September 23–October 13, 1998, no. 16, ill., p. 6.
Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Colección Costantini, Artistas modernos Rioplatenses en Europa, 1911- 1924: La experiencia de la vanguardia, October 17, 2002–January 27, 2003, no. 68, ill., p. 49.
Published References
Bonet, Juan Manuel. "Torres-García y Barradas, pioneros de la vanguardia española." ABC (Madrid), December 29, 1991, ill. p. 47.
Gradowczyk, Mario H. Torres-García: Utopía y Transgresión. Montevideo: Fundación Torres-García, 2007. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 141, no. 5.27.
Record last updated April 18, 2015. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: de Torres, Cecilia, Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti. "Barco metafísico, 1927 (1927.21)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=603 (accessed on September 11, 2025).